Hmm i (used to
)fly bombers a lot in MA (ju88 is my main ride and if you get frustrated with the b17 or lanc god help you in a ju88!.
It takes too long to get a ju88 to 20+k and i generally fly at 10k.But as i fly fighters too and realise how easy it is to be killed by a buff and i dont 'expect' to get to target unless ive avoided the big fights or hidden behind natural features like hills etc.
10 B17s and you didnt make the HQ? what did you do fly straight at it? letting everyone know you were going there? If you (and i hope you didnt) flew off map then ill tell you why you didnt make it..if i see off map bombers i make sure i attack them if im anywhere near em.I suspect others feel the same way.
I suggest you head for some enemy base then switch once they've upped a few in defence.The more you can fool the less can cap the HQ.
Solo you can make it i assure you .I've made solo attacks at 10k but i dont approach from the direction all the fighters approach from.I sneak around and go in with as much pace as i can.I suspect you place too much emphasis on altitude.Try some low level raids with pop up or better still use the cloud cover at 14k if its there.
I dont agree with you the bombers have got it too hard myself.If we start making the bombers tougher i think it only fair the guns become normal.some love the bombers some love the fighters.If you penalise the fighters they will stop atttacking because climbing to 25k to lose a wing in the 1st pass is no fun either I assure you(sorry if this sounds patronising tachel.I Know youre no fool in mission planning <S> )
As for the GV's being more prone to damage i must agree.When we had so many complaints about the hispanos peircing armour like hot knives through butter i was annoyed they had it so easy whilst even a 30mm had no effect on GVs.Rather than making all guns effective against armoured vehicles i though HTC was going to tone down the damage done by the hispanos.Instead it seemed even my mg151s could hurt vehicles.However i have survived a lot of attacks on my M3 which i would definately not have done in 1.06.Its hard to work out whats happened.
are all 20mm effective now? or have the hispanos been made less effective vs ground armour?
I sure found it hard to work out what was changed.
As for that spread of shots the ostwind has it makes them more deadly against diving planes if you ask me.that spread fire is lethal if you are dive bombing an oastie.Before the Ostwind was getting used for everything because they were rediculously accurate.I could do more damage to a base in an ostie than the HE rounds in a panzer!
tracks may be a little too weak as you say though, true enough
[ 06-08-2001: Message edited by: hazed- ]
